FATAL ERROR: Reading from temp file.

2004-07-07, 16:32

I am running the latest version of Prime95 on WindowsXP.

After 10 hours of Torture, Prime95 resulted with this error:

FATAL ERROR: Reading from temp file.

This is the first time I have encountered this particular error. I have the PCI settings, set to enhanced in the systems BIOS. I don't think temperature is an issue, I am keeping 46C at full load. I have 1GB of RAM and around 150GB of disk space available for swap(XP managed size).

My questions is, to what temp file is this referring?

Does Prime95 use a swap file even when set to use 8mb of RAM at a time?

I need someone to steer me in the right direction to fix this error, or at least explain in detail. I am no programmer so I do not know how Prime95 functions through the different hardware/software layers of an OS, it would take me years to educate myself on this subject matter.

It takes far to much time to try and reproduce these errors, time I do not have.

I need help from the experts. I appreciate your time and dedication, keep up the excellent work.

Prime95 · 2004-07-07, 18:40

Every once in a while prime95 writes data to a temp file and reads it back in. It then makes sure that the data it read in is the same as the data written out. This disk write/read failed.

Possible causes are disk full, directory write protected, overclocked IDE bus, or other OS/hardware malfunction.

After 10 hours I'd say the CPU and memory are good.

2004-07-07, 16:32	#1
blinky 5,023 Posts	FATAL ERROR: Reading from temp file. I am running the latest version of Prime95 on WindowsXP. After 10 hours of Torture, Prime95 resulted with this error: FATAL ERROR: Reading from temp file. This is the first time I have encountered this particular error. I have the PCI settings, set to enhanced in the systems BIOS. I don't think temperature is an issue, I am keeping 46C at full load. I have 1GB of RAM and around 150GB of disk space available for swap(XP managed size). My questions is, to what temp file is this referring? Does Prime95 use a swap file even when set to use 8mb of RAM at a time? I need someone to steer me in the right direction to fix this error, or at least explain in detail. I am no programmer so I do not know how Prime95 functions through the different hardware/software layers of an OS, it would take me years to educate myself on this subject matter. It takes far to much time to try and reproduce these errors, time I do not have. I need help from the experts. I appreciate your time and dedication, keep up the excellent work.

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2004-07-07, 18:40	#2
Prime95 P90 years forever! Aug 2002 Yeehaw, FL 17×487 Posts	Every once in a while prime95 writes data to a temp file and reads it back in. It then makes sure that the data it read in is the same as the data written out. This disk write/read failed. Possible causes are disk full, directory write protected, overclocked IDE bus, or other OS/hardware malfunction. After 10 hours I'd say the CPU and memory are good.